It's playing better now that it has softened up a little. Volleys are better and there's more spin. It's also lasting longer than I thought it would. I'd say it will last another hour or two. (I expected it to have broken by now).

Groundstrokes- and so it begins. This impressed me in virtually every way possible. Great spin, control, and power. Placement was easy and consistent, and it made the absolute most beautiful sound when you hit it. It made that popping crack sound everyone loves. I'd gladly pay 10 bucks a string job just to have that sound on every setup.
Overall-9.5/10

I'm glad you like the setup! I may still test some L-TEC strings (if the GG Tennis people will stop avoid the issue and give me straight answers), but gut/Scorp is awesome for me right now. In fact, the only thing I'd look for is to improve the durability (as you noted).

I'm glad you like the setup! I may still test some L-TEC strings (if the GG Tennis people will stop avoid the issue and give me straight answers), but gut/Scorp is awesome for me right now. In fact, the only thing I'd look for is to improve the durability (as you noted).

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Also note that I am a pretty bad string breaker. I (cleanly) break strings alot. Very few strings stay in my racket past 8 hours.

I've been as high as a 4 star on tennis recruiting, but I've had wins over 5 stars. I beat one blue chip that was 2 years younger than me 7-6 7-5 a couple weeks ago (not in a tournament) so I can't say it was serious.

It was definitely different. He hit the ball with more weight, especially his serve.

The biggest difference though was the fact that instead of playing defensive, he would take the ball and try to instantly get control of the point again. Luckily, I was able to handle that much.

I won 7-5 6-2.

It was all about figuring out his serve. He held without an issue until 5-5 and I suddenly was able to string a few points together and he double faulted once. I got up 6-5 and served it out. Everything from then on was smooth sailing.

I will say I played well today. I didn't hit my backhand as well as I would have liked, but it was ok.

On a side note, when you play someone who hits a really heavy ball, and you use gut mains poly crosses, you get ridiculous spin. You can feel the strings bend and snap back. It's awesome.

Speaking of which, the gut scorpion combo is holding up really well. The wear doesn't look any worse than at the 4 hour mark. It might last a lot longer than I thought.

Very nice. As I said to rafafan or whatever his name is, especially as a junior, you have no idea what adult players will hit the ball like. You may think you hit hard or heavy, but honestly, it doesn't compare. Back in my day lol: ), I hit against this 4.5 adult a few times. I thought I could beast my forehand and serve because especially on the latter stroke, few juniors aside from the top ones could get it back. He ate it for lunch!

Very nice. As I said to rafafan or whatever his name is, especially as a junior, you have no idea what adult players will hit the ball like. You may think you hit hard or heavy, but honestly, it doesn't compare. Back in my day lol: ), I hit against this 4.5 adult a few times. I thought I could beast my forehand and serve because especially on the latter stroke, few juniors aside from the top ones could get it back. He ate it for lunch!

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Yeah, I was able to hit good enough shots to stay with him, but his shot was more heavy than I was used to.

I think if I were to hit with him regularly (if I got used to that weight) I wouldn't have much trouble beating him 6-2 6-2.